Students will practice active reading skills, noting reactions, connections, and author style through annotations. RL.9.1, RL.9.2
Students will react to text and exhibit critical thinking through journal responses. Students will also identify the type of thinking used in responses, encouraging metacognition and a broader range of responses.
The phrase in this sentence is an implied metaphor comparing books to food, which we would buy "by the pound." By equating books to food, the reader can imagine that books are life-giving. Books are nourishment for mind and spirit. For Alexie, the fact that his father had books in the house was just as important as food on the table. It was vital to him.
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Practice
With your shoulder partner, do a journal entry together from the essay. Make sure to identify the LOT.
Join the rest of your table group and examine your journal entries.
Choose one of your journal entries to share with the class.
Essential Question
What is your relationship with reading?Today's Learning Objective:
Students will practice active reading skills, noting reactions, connections, and author style through annotations. RL.9.1, RL.9.2Students will react to text and exhibit critical thinking through journal responses. Students will also identify the type of thinking used in responses, encouraging metacognition and a broader range of responses.
RL.9.1, RL.9.10
Today's Anchor Text
Yesterday we read and annotated Sherman Alexie's essay, "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me." Today we are going to work with that essay as we learn to do reading journals.Inking Your Thinking in a Journal
What is a reading journal?
Discussion and Modeling
What is a journal?
What are the Levels of Thinking?
Look at samples.
Teacher Model (from Alexie's text)
Practice
With your shoulder partner, do a journal entry together from the essay. Make sure to identify the LOT.
Join the rest of your table group and examine your journal entries.
Choose one of your journal entries to share with the class.
Sharing and Discussion
Share journal entries with the class. Discuss LOTs, formatting, and depth.
Independent Practice/Homework
Do a journal entry of your own from an independent novel or other reading material. Make sure to correctly identify the LOT.
Notebook Grades
While you work today, I will be checking your notebooks! Please have them ready for me so I can go quickly.